WILDFIRES

Climate change is making wildfires more frequent and more intense. Wildfire experts predict that, by 2041, there will be four large high-intensity wildfires for every three that occur now as the number of days when conditions are conducive to fire increases.

Some countries are reverting to land management techniques used by their indigenous peoples to better manage the risk of wildfires. Early dry season burning reduces the fuel load for conflagrations, making late season wildfires less likely and more manageable.

RESEARCH SOLUTIONS

FACTS & DATA

TEAM

Case Studies

Brazil

GOING BACK TO THE USE OF FIRE IN THE AMAZONIAN RAINFORESTS OF BRAZIL

by Vânia R. Pivello, University of São Paulo

Whatever the reason, the use of ﬁre in Brazil by indigenous peoples was very careful and accurate...

Namibia

VIDEO INTERVIEW: POTENTIAL OF TRADITIONAL FIRE MANAGEMENT AND CARBON FARMING IN NAMIBIA

with Dr Margaret Jacobsohn, University of Namibia

HOW COMMUNITIES GET INVOLVED IN FOREST MANAGEMENT

by Vera de Cauwer, University of São Paulo

The major threats to Namibia's woodlands are clearing of land for agriculture and too frequent fires in the late dry season...

Australia

FIGHTING CARBON WITH FIRE

by Dean Yibarbuk, Secretary Warddeken Land Management

The secret of fire in our traditional knowledge is that it is a thing that brings the land alive again. So we don’t necessarily see fire as bad and destructive — it can be a good thing...

PHOTO GALLERY: BLACK SATURDAY

Black Saturday Richard Kendall

Black Saturday Elizabeth Donoghue

Black Saturday Richard Kendall

USA

DEVELOPING NATIVE AMERICAN PRACTICES TO FIGHT WILDFIRES

by M. Kat Anderson,University of California & Michael J. Moratto, California State University

To meet their requirements for firewood, fish and game, vegetal foods, craft supplies, and building materials, the native peoples of the Sierra managed biotic resources intensively

DATA: HOW WILDFIRES AFFECT AMERICA

by Climate Central

Research Solutions

VIDEO: INDIGENOUS TECHNICS CAN BE APPLIED AROUND THE WORLD

with Dr Sam Johnston, United Nations University

AUSTRALIA AND AFRICA SEARCH PRE-COLONIAL PAST TO MANAGE CLIMATE FUTURE

by Catherine Monagle, United Nations University

A group of Australian indigenous rangers who travelled to Namibia last month told a gathering of land managers from several Southern African nations how the Australian model has been working.

STREAM: RESTORATION AND INVESTMENT POLICIES

by World Ressource Institute

Facts & Data

NASA WILDFIRE MAP

GLOBAL COSTS - HUMAN LOSS

AREAS BURNED

HEALTH IMPACT

Team

Contributors

Dr Margaret Jacobsohn,
University of Namibia,
Namibia

Vera de Cauwer,
Lecturer,
Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)

Vânia R. Pivello,
Department of Ecology,
University of de São Paulo, Brazil

Dean Yibarbuk,
Secretary Warddeken Land Management, Australia

Dean Yibarbuk,
Secretary Warddeken Land Management, Australia

M. Kat Anderson,,
American Indian Studies Center, University of California,LA, USA

Michael J. Moratto,,
California State University, LA, USA

Catherine Monagle,,
United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

Reference Panel

Shobhakar Dhakal,
Asian Institute of Technology

Bambang Hero Saharjo,
Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia)

Producers

Fabrice Rousselot
Reema Rattan
Antonio Castillo

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